A61B 2017/320733
With a flexible cutting or scraping element
Official title: {with a flexible cutting or scraping element, e.g. with a whip-like distal filament member}
A61B2017/320733 (With a flexible cutting or scraping element) appears on 369 US grants and 431 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 369
- Published applications
- 431
- Assignees
- 131
- Inventors
- 484
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 22 | 16 |
| 2026 | 8 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Clot removal system and methods of use7 Jul 2026US 12,672,887 B2
- Scoring balloon catheter with enhanced pushability and maneuverability12 May 2026US 12,623,056 B2C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Tissue-removing catheter with distal tip21 Apr 2026US 12,605,184 B2Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
- Thrombectomy devices with control assemblies17 Mar 2026US 12,575,854 B2Vetex Medical Limited
- Highly flexible atherectomy devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294468 A1Nipro Vascular Innovations Americas, Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for performing a surgical procedure25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174432 A1Glaive, LLC
- Filament cutting devices, systems, and methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157747 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Atherectomy devices and methods11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157771 A1Cardio Flow, Inc.
- Cellulite treatment system and methods21 May 2026US 2026/0137419 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine743US 6,558,390 B2Axiamed, Inc. · 2003
- Shaped wire rotational atherectomy device606US 5,843,103 ASciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Expandable intravascular occlusion material removal devices and methods of use592US 5,897,567 ASciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for providing posterior or anterior trans-sacral access to spinal vertebrae529US 6,575,979 B1Axiamed, Inc. · 2003
- Structures and methods for creating cavities in interior body regions519US 6,440,138 B1Kyphon Inc. · 2002